Scaling Issues

[WSBowers]

I am having trouble scaling my drawing between model space and paper space. I have it drawn in model space at 1:1, and I set the viewport scale in paperspace to 1:15. However, it does not show up as 1:15. I have drawn a 50' line in model space. The viewport is 4" wide in paperspace, so you should be able to see the whole line in the viewport at a 1:15 scale, with some space on each side. However, it does not. I can only see a small fraction of the line. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for the help.

[eldon]

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

You are not being consistent with units. You talk about a 50' line, and a 4" viewport. The 50' line is 600".

[WSBowers]

You are not being consistent with units. You talk about a 50' line, and a 4" viewport. The 50' line is 600".

I went to Tools > Options > "Edit Scale List", and highlighted 1:15, and it says 1 paper inch = 15 drawing feet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means a viewport that is 4 inches wide in paper space should cover 60 feet in model space. Do you still believe it is something with my units?

[eldon]

Your logic is impeccable, but why are you not seeing what you expect to see

Does it say 15 drawing feet or 15 drawing units.

[WSBowers]

Your logic is impeccable, but why are you not seeing what you expect to see

Does it say 15 drawing feet or 15 drawing units.

Drawing Feet. I do not know why I am not seeing what I expect. I was thinking maybe there is some other factor which I am not taking into consideration.

[eldon]

Whilst you are waiting for someone who actually uses feet and inches units (I use metric since a long time ago), try putting in your scale as 1 : 180 and see if you see what you want.

My version of AutoCAD does not have 1:15 as a standard scale.

[SLW210]

I went to Tools > Options > "Edit Scale List", and highlighted 1:15, and it says 1 paper inch = 15 drawing feet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means a viewport that is 4 inches wide in paper space should cover 60 feet in model space. Do you still believe it is something with my units?

I would like to see a screen shot of that. It says 1 paper UNITS = 15 Drawing UNITS on all I have seen.

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[WSBowers]

Whilst you are waiting for someone who actually uses feet and inches units (I use metric since a long time ago), try putting in your scale as 1 : 180 and see if you see what you want.

My version of AutoCAD does not have 1:15 as a standard scale.

Ha... Don't know why us Americans are still using feet and inches, there seems to be a resistance to switching to metric... I did what you said and it worked. Still confused why mine says feet and inches instead of units, but that worked. Thanks!

As far as the 1:15 not being standard, it was not for me either, but I added it myself.

[ReMark]

Maybe because you are using LD 2009?